This museum contains a working collection of mechanical instruments capable of playing music. If you've seen an upright mechanical piano or seen a small music box with a balerina slowly spining you ain't seen nothing yet. This museum houses many different types of mechanical instruments including one that was used to produce the different sounds of the early silent films, one that manages to make violins scratch away, one that lays a classical piono concerto, etc. The highlight for me is this tiny, tiny music box with a small bird on the cover that tweets and flaps its wings.

Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett is situated 50m on the famous fDrosselgasse, a small lively street in Rudesheim. It is a fun museum with a collection of 18th- and 19th-century mechanical musical instruments that play themselves. We didnt do the tour but enjoyed the musical display located at the front.

We were in Rüdesheim with a group of 40 US and German high school students hoping to do a Ringtour. Unfortunately, pouring rain made us change our plans. We were intrigued by the museum's name but didn't expect much. We were so wrong! First, the curator let our group of 40 have a tour without a reservation! Our tour guide's presentation was very informative, entertaining, and on par with best Broadway performances! In addition, unique mechanical machines were a delight to listen to and to see. Overall, an amazing collection worth seeing, and not only on a rainy day!

Visited this museum as part of our provided tours on a Rhine cruise. We almost backed out, thinking it would be hokey. So glad we decided to visit! The guide was quite entertaining and gave us a lot of background on how and who created the different musical cabinets, which were so intricate, and their music was delightful! The building was quite interesting also - similar to a small castle with tunnels and a chapel. My dad had a TWA poster that showed this building for Germany. We saw a copy of the poster in the stairway on our way out. My dad, sister, uncles, and husband all worked for TWA in Kansas City, MO and my dad decorated our basement with TWA posters! Such a surprise to see one that we own in this museum!!!

A highlight of our visit to Rudesheim. Great for all ages. What an amazing historic collection. Can only be visited as part of a one hour tour so that you can see a number of the instruments demonstrated. They range from large, beautiful carousel instruments to tiny music boxes. The building itself is also beautiful. Only criticism is that there was little time to look around and look at the full range of exhibits.

We visited this museum on the Noddy train which itself was quite an experience. But the museum itself was fantastic. We were given a 45 minute tour whilst we were there but honestly we could have stayed all day. There was so much to see and hear. We had demonstrations of most of the music playing machines and instruments, some 300 years old. It was so very interesting.

The guide was first class and dressed to suit the period. Amazing old instruments back to 1800's. Demonstrations were given which got the group singing. Don't miss it. Thank you Team Siegfreid

This fantastic museum located in the scenic town of Rüdesheim is absolutely worth a stop on a Rhein Valley tour. This small family run museum has a wonderful collection of mechanical musical instruments. Though our tour was in German, they gave us an English language print-out which translated the essential information, and our guide was very expressive so we could follow the highlights even without knowing the language. There are English tours available, but we didn't plan enough in advance to get on one. The instruments themselves were fascinating and really really cool! The tour was well worth the 10 euro fee. Logistics: If unlike me you have your act together, I reccomend calling/emailing ahead to plan a tour, the museum is quick and responsive to emails. Alternatively, you can show up and ask when tours are that day, they run on the hour. We had luck with this in sholder season (October). Just note that some slots may sell out to tour groups, so I would recommend swinging by earlier in the day for this option. However, don't be dissuaded if this is a last minute trip, even if they are sold out, the little courtyard in front is scenic, and there are plenty of things to do nearby.

We had the pleasure of visiting today and were given a tour by our guide Luke. He was absolutely delightful. He took his time explaining everything to us and was able to really engage my 7 and 9 year old kids who were asking him many questions, and he knew the answers to even the most random things. The instruments are all impeccably maintained and in very good condition and I really appreciate that they arent afraid to demonstrate how so many of them work. This museum is an absolute gem.